Warlords of Draenor Talent Calculator and BlizzCon Roundup

Warlords of Draenor Talent Calculator

We're very proud to release Wowhead's Warlords of Draenor talent calculator based on the level 100 talents previewed at today's BlizzCon demo! We spent the whole day writing down abilities and matching up icons since the WoW panels didn't cover new talents in-depth and we know how important this is to players.

Some of them are player versions of iconic boss abilities like Defile, while others are completely new and do very different things based on your spec. Blizzard's new tooltips reflect these spec changes, so you can check out the new tooltip formatting on our calculator as well.

BlizzCon Contests

BlizzCon Day 1 Roundup

Day 1 of BlizzCon has been huge. From WoW adding in long-requested features like updated character models and player housing (the garrison) to the innovative direction Heroes of the Storm is taking, there's certainly a lot to discuss. We've liveblogged all the major panels today but since it's a lot to take in at once, we've provided a roundup here of all the major coverage Ashelia did today for all the games! To sweeten the deal and encourage discussion, any comments left on our BlizzCon 2013 coverage automatically enter you in our huge BlizzCon 2013 Giveaway with tons of prizes, including Tyrael's Hilt.

World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor

Warlords of Draenor has several features players have wanted for years. WoW's answer to player housing is the Garrison, which can grow over time, house monuments players acquire from achievements, and allow players to pick up followers that buff them.

There are also massive raid changes in store, including a new difficulty and size--20 player Mythic. This difficulty is the new prestige mode--no more tensions between 10 and 25 raiding.

Diablo III: Reaper of Souls

Diablo III has only gotten better since it's rocky launch. The Crusader is coming, bounties will work much like daily quests to reward players for checking out the world, and groups and clans are coming to multiplayer mode.

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

There's even more to love about Hearthstone after today's announcement--more card expansions, a new competitive mode with twenty-five ranks and month-long seasons, special golden hero powers if you win 500 games, and adventure mode that lets players fight against bosses to gain cards!

Comment by Peelyposter

The new warrior talents (the only ones I really care about) look fun. lots of spinning, pointy death :D

Comment by Gentetsu

on Tue, 12 Nov 2013 07:44:49 -0600

The Deathknights will be lookin like Lich king now with those new abilitys... liked the new talents and the 90~100 new skills.. not going to be boring to level those last levels lol

Comment by jmq1389

on Tue, 12 Nov 2013 08:11:08 -0600

At the speed the lil shadow ghost come out Spiritual Guidance for shadow priest will be awesome!(hope no nerf!)

Comment by freakgreen

on Tue, 12 Nov 2013 09:37:15 -0600

The Balance part of Might of Malorne (Equinox) is obviously going to be changed. It would be cool (and far less broken) if half of your Eclipse bonus lasted until the next Eclipse (if you are working towards Lunar, you get a bonus to Nature damage equal to half of the normal bonus.)

Comment by Ferlanco

on Tue, 12 Nov 2013 10:50:52 -0600

I'm curious to see how they work with demonic servitude. Will the demons be permanent guardians or will they replace our current pets? And then do we get gosac doomguard? Could bee pretty cool to see!Also macros of "x begins casting a cataclysm!" Are likely, yeah?

Comment by scr00chy

on Tue, 12 Nov 2013 11:01:12 -0600

The calculator is great! Some really interesting additions.

Comment by IceKyuubi

on Tue, 12 Nov 2013 11:18:42 -0600

I love some of the new talents! Also, I can't wait to see what the Night Elves and Blood Elves look like after their new models like released, though I do wonder if all the characters that people have will automatically change or if it's just any new characters people make or if they have to go to the barbers or what?

Comment by SickPonyCurtis

on Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:04:17 -0600

I hope leveling 'till 100 is going to be fun, because 85-90 wasn't. New zones look great so far. Keep the good stuff coming!

Comment by kaysonwel

on Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:13:59 -0600

TBH it seems like 6.0 will be a great time to be a Hunter...With or Without you looks to be a badass talent, especially for BM or Survival!

Comment by Allemar

on Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:43:03 -0600

some of the talents see to be under powered kinda hoping they they re-balance some of the older talents to make em a lot more even.

Comment by Caspien

on Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:46:30 -0600

Am I the only one that saw the Orc in the trailer, and thought it looks a bit too human?

Me'dan perhaps? Wife thinks it's female, but it's a bit hard to tell, as the chest-piece could simply be for a male or female. They took pains to hide much of the face of that character.

Comment by FeareTNB

on Tue, 12 Nov 2013 13:46:33 -0600

I'm trying not to get excited by convincing myself, that everything's gonna change at least twice before the release... but still I'm hyped up.

Comment by pangel

on Tue, 12 Nov 2013 13:53:56 -0600

thanx guys, for bringing us the very first talent calc for WoD in the world! keep the great work up! ty again

Comment by Deadmuskrat

on Tue, 12 Nov 2013 14:50:07 -0600

As a DK, I'm a bit disappointed in the level 100 talents. Defile seems alright. Necrotic plague i have reservations about as I primarily play Blood, and having it replace Blood Plague, and not be transferable through pestilence makes me what how well it will work. Sindragosa's Breath is just plain old uninteresting.

Comment by kkwydragonflame

on Tue, 12 Nov 2013 15:50:36 -0600

As a hunter, I'm a bit undecided about our level 100 talents. Maybe it's because I'm so attached to my Cobra Shot ^^ but to switch it out for something else? - feels very strange. I wish I could get a chance to try them out, I might change my mind.

Haven't had a chance to get a look at other classes lvl100 talents, but some I've heard seems quite interesting!